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Integrating Arts, Culture Into Community Development a 'Win-Win'

An article in the Philanthropy News Digest discusses the results of two recent reports from The Kresge Foundation and Point Forward:

The reports, Creative Placemaking Case Study: North Collinwood and Creative Placemaking Case Study: Brookland-Edgewood, found that when key stakeholders — residents, nonprofits, developers, and local government — in Cleveland and Washington, D.C., worked together to invigorate low-income neighborhoods using local creative assets as drivers of change, the process ended up addressing many of the systemic barriers faced by low-income residents and served as a bulwark against the displacement that sometimes occurs when rising property values price out longtime residents.

Arts Advocacy Podcast Series

In February 2018, GIA introduced its first arts advocacy series hosted by GIA President & CEO Eddie Torres. The podcasts feature key stake­holders who speak to the “ins-and-outs” of advocacy from Capitol Hill to the grassroots organization and everything in between. Learn more about the type of impact you can make in arts advocacy by listening to one of the podcasts below.